Ellen was born in 1854 to Thomas Ivey and Lavinia Rogers. She had at least 9 siblings: Thomas, Lavinia, William Henry, Catherine, John Rogers, Richard, Elizabeth Jane, Eliza, and Emma.
Fact: Residence (1861) Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Fact: Residence (1871) Penponds, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Fact: Arrival (1880) America; the actual location of her arrival is not known, but the first known record of her in America is the marriage record in California. There are no records to indicate her parents came to America, but maybe her sister, Emma, came to America with her.
She married in 1880 to Robert Osborne, son of James & Mary Osborn. She was about 25 years old. They had at least 3 children together:
Fact: Residence (1880) Sebastopol, Nevada, California, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Precincts 3-4 Nevada City town, Nevada, California, United States
The children were born in California, and sometime before 1910, the family migrated north to British Columbia. After the 1900 US census record, the next record found for her husband and children is the 1911 Census of Canada.
Ellen passed away in 1907 at the age of 53.
Fact: Burial (15 Sep 1907) Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Death Notice
Early last evening the death occurred of Ellen, the beloved wife of R Osborne, of 154 Government street, after a lingering illness covering many years. The late Mrs. Osborne was a native of Cornwall, England, but has resided in this country for many years. The remains have been removed to the parlors of the B.C. Funeral Furnishing Co., 52 Government street, where they will remain until Sunday, 2:30 o'clock, when services will be conducted there by Rev. Mr. Adams, and will then be taken to Ross Bay cemetery for interment.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M783-1WK : 24 October 2019), Ellen Ivey in household of Lavinia Ivey, Camborne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PS-G3K : 12 August 2017), Ellen Osborn in household of Robert Osborn, Sebastopol, Nevada, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 66, sheet 177B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,070.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3N-BGL : 8 December 2017), Robert Osborn and Ellen Ivey, 22 May 1880; citing Nevada, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,293,666.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PY-XTS : accessed 9 December 2019), Ellen Osborn in household of Robert Osborn, Precincts 3-4 Nevada City town, Nevada, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 2A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,095.
"British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8C-F8L : 11 March 2018), Ellen Osborne in household of Joseph Norman Colwell and Ivey May Osborne, 08 Mar 1905; citing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11368, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,525.
"British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DS-3JJS : 15 March 2018), Ellen Osborne, Death 12 Sep 1907, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; from Victoria Daily Times news clippings, City of Victoria Archives, British Columbia, Canada; citing Victoria Daily Times, 13 Sep 1907; FHL microfilm 2,218,776.
"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGN-Y2X : 8 November 2017), Helen Ivy in entry for Arthur B Osborne, 1913.
"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGG-M2Q : 8 November 2017), Ellen Ivey in entry for Ivey Calwell, 1922.
"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBS-MZZ : 8 November 2017), Ellen in entry for Robert Gordon Osborne, 1970.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2019), memorial page for Ellen Ivey Osborne (25 Aug 1854–12 Sep 1907), Find A Grave Memorial no. 121311424, citing Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by III (contributor 47426837).
Ivey-177 was created by Moyra Palmer on 17 Jul 2012. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Moyra and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ellen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ellen: